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Last-minute Kick Boosts Hot Jaguars Over Colts

INDIANAPOLIS -- He was on his back writhing in pain as the kick squeaked through the goalposts.

Josh Scobee -- the little man on a field full of big boys -- emerged as the latest star of the Jacksonville Jaguars' drama club.

His 53-yard field goal with 38 seconds left gave the Jags a 27-24 victory over the Indianapolis Colts Sunday afternoon at the RCA Dome. It marked the fifth fourth-quarter victory for a team that now is in first place in the AFC South.

Scobee got taken out by Colts rookie safety Bob Sanders, who was blocked into him on the play, but he could sense from the stillness that enveloped the dome that all was good.

"I knew I hit a solid kick," he said. "Fortunately, it sneaked into the right post. I looked up and then got hit."

Things definitely are looking up for the Jaguars (5-2), who are a half-game up on the Colts (4-2). Indy was 6-1 against Jacksonville before Sunday's loss.

Jaguars quarterback Byron Leftwich was 23-of-30 for 300 yards and two touchdowns, and guided the Jags to a score on each of their last three drives.

A sack on the previous play pushed the ball back 6 yards before the field goal, but Leftwich and the rest of the gang remained confident about the end-of the-game script.

"Hey, we like the drama," defensive lineman Marcus Stroud said. "We got to like the drama."

Scobee, a rookie whose previous long field goal was 48 yards, got teased mercilessly after the game because of his boyish looks.

"Scobee's on work release from high school," tight end Kyle Brady said.